November 2007

Hot Article: Redesigned enzyme produces chiral amines
05 November 2007
Scientists from Manchester have developed a template to predict if amines can be deracemised by a specific enzyme.

Hot Article: New tetrathiafulvalene-based molecular wires
07 November 2007
Tetrathiafulvalenes act as efficient molecular wires when sandwiched between gold electrodes.

Hot Article: Two iron atoms get in an unusual spin
12 November 2007
An enzyme-mimicking iron complex containing both Fe(II) and Fe(III) centres has been isolated for the first time

Hot article: Magnetic nanoparticles with dual control
20 November 2007
Magnetic nanoparticles: hydrophilic or hydrophobic depending on temperature.

The changing colour of gold
21 November 2007
DNA and gold nanoparticles provide a more sensitive way to detect copper ions in nature

